Pause & Play Today: April 11, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“GODZILLA,” The Veronicas – May 28
“Wide Awake,” Quinn Sullivan – June 4
“Milk & Honey,” Crowder – June 11
“Grapefruit Season,” James Vincent McMorrow – July 16
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REISSUES
“The Complete Warner Recordings,” Grand Funk Railroad – June 18
“The Complete Atlantic Recordings,” Small Faces – June 18
“Alligator Records: 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music,” various artists – June 18
VINYL
“The Best of Wilson Pickett Vol. II,” Wilson Pickett – June 11
“Brian Wilson,” Brian Wilson – June 11
“Strikes,” Blackfoot – June 18
“Crack Attic (Best of Crack the Sky),” Crack the Sky – June 18
“Stone Blue,” Foghat – June 18
“Worlds Apart,” Saga – June 18
MUSIC BOOKS
“Our House,” Graham Nash – June 1
“Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah,” Kathy Iandoli – Aug. 17
JUST RELEASED
“Rubbery Lips,” Hot Breath (producer: Mattias Nyberg; See here; The Sign)
“Bike Rides Alone,” Gavin Haley (See here; Red Bull)
“Mountain of Sugar,” Heavy Feather (producer: Erik “Errka” Petersson; Hear here; The Sign)
NEW SONGS
Stumbling Down, Tony Allen feat. Sampa The Great
Closer, Magic Island
Turning Me Up (Hadal Ahbek), Issam Alnajjar x Loud Luxury x Ali Gatie
Green Velvet, Thomas Csorba
Sixteen, COURSE
Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby, Erika Grapes
Slippery, Phabo feat. Destin Conrad
Bad Meditation, Mara TK
Give Thx, Joss Bari
counting houses, Luz
Strong, Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Joel Grey (89)
Luther Johnson (81)
Jim Lauderdale (64)
Nigel Pulsford [Bush] (60)
Steve Azar (57)
Lisa Stansfield (55)
Cerys Matthews (52)
Dylan Keefe [Marcy Playground] (51)
Delroy Pearson [Five Star] (51)
David Banner (47)
Tom Thacker [Sum 41] (47)
Chris Gaylor [The All-American Rejects] (42)
Joss Stone (34)
Lights (34)
IN REMEMBRANCE
J. Geils (1946-2017)
Jesse Winchester (1944-2014)
Gilles Marchal (1944-2013)
Don Blackman (1953-2013)
Hal McKusick (1924-2012)
June Pointer (1953-2006)
RELEASED ON APRIL 11 IN … 1988
“This Note’s for You,” Neil Young (featuring the title track; producers: Young, Niko Bolas; Reprise)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> Kid Cudi Rocks Spaghetti-Strap Floral Dress In Apparent Kurt Cobain Tribute On ‘SNL’ (Huffington Post)
> Swizz Beatz Remembers DMX: ‘He Lived His Life for Everyone Else’ (Pitchfork)